Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1956 • ACR Convergence 2022
Functional Disabilities in Hands Precede Those in Feet in Patients Progressing from Clinically Suspect Arthralgia to Rheumatoid Arthritis; A Longitudinal Observational Study
Sarah J.H. Khidir¹, Bastiaan van Dijk², Marloes Verstappen¹, Elise van Mulligen³ and Annette van der Helm-van Mil⁴, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands, ³Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Leiden University Medical Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In the pre-arthritis phase of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), symptoms resulting in physical disabilities already occur. It is unknown whether functional disabilities start in hands…
Abstract Number: 1973 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association Between Activity Limitations, Sleep Disturbance, Pain Sensitivity, Pain Intensity, and Widespread Pain in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Burcu Aydemir¹, Jing Song², Lutfiyya Muhammad³, Daniela Grimaldi¹, Kathryn Reid¹, Phyllis Zee¹, Rowland Chang⁴ and Yvonne Lee¹, ¹Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ³Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Northwestern University Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Despite treatment with strong immunosuppressive medications, more than half of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) still report pain. Pain can spread from joint sites…
Abstract Number: 1991 • ACR Convergence 2022
Mice Do Not Develop CIA: Knocking out of Kv1.3 Renders CD4+TEMCells Resistant to Activation
Siba Raychaudhuri¹, Smriti Raychaudhuri² and Heike Wulff³, ¹UC Davis, School of Medicine/ VA Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, ²VA Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, ³UC Davis, Davis, CA
Background/Purpose: Engagement of the TCR triggers Ca++ influx through Ca++ channels. Ca++ influx is only possible with a counterbalancing K+ efflux through Kv1.3 and/or KCa3.1.…
Abstract Number: 2007 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated Lymphoproliferative Disorders: Current Features and It’s Changing Pattern Due to the Influence of Anti-rheumatic Drugs
Yoshihiko Hoshida¹, Atsuko Tsujii², Shiro Ohshima², Yukihiko Saeki², Masato Yagita³, Tomoya Miyamura⁴, Masao Katayama⁵, Yasushi Hiramatsu⁶, Hisaji Oshima⁷, Toshihiko Murayama⁸, Shinji Higa⁹, Fuminori Hirano¹⁰, Kenji Ichikawa¹¹, Noriyuki Chiba¹², Takao Sugiyama¹³, Atsushi Ihata¹⁴, Akiko Mitsuo¹⁵, Hiroshi Tsutani¹⁶, Koichiro Takahi¹⁷, Akira Okamoto¹⁸, Shigeru Yoshizawa¹⁹, Yasuo Suenaga²⁰, Shunsuke Mori²¹, Shoichi Nagakura²², Norie Yoshikawa²³, Atsuhisa Ueda²⁴, Shouhei Nagaoka²⁵, Keigo Setoguchi²⁶, Shoji Sugii²⁷, Asami Abe²⁸, Toshiaki Sugaya²⁹, Masahiro Koseto³⁰, Yasuo Kunugiza³¹, Norishige Iizuka³², Ryosuke Yoshihara³³, Tomoaki Fujisaki³⁴, Hiroyuki Sugahara³⁵, Ikuo Saito³⁶, Kazuya Kuraoka³⁷, Norihiro Teramoto³⁸, Masahiro Ito³⁹, Kenichi Taguchi⁴⁰, Yuko Minami⁴¹, Shinji Naito⁴², Mitsuharu Nomoto⁴³, Kazuyoshi Saito⁴⁴, Kiyoshi Matsui⁴⁵, Yasuhiko Tomita⁴⁶, Hiroshi Furukawa⁴⁷ and Shigeto Tohma⁴⁸, ¹Department of Pathology, NHO Osaka Minami Medical Center, Kawachinagano, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology, NHO Osaka Minami Medical Center, Kawachinagano, Japan, ³Division of Inflammation and Immunity, Tazuke-Kofukai Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Osaka, Japan, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, NHO Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, NHO Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan, ⁶Department of Hematology and Oncology, Japanese Red Cross Society Himeji Hospital, Himeji, Japan, ⁷National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Meguroku, Japan, ⁸Department of Pathology, NHO Kumamoto Medical Center, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Daini Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Osaka, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, NHO Asahikawa Medical Center, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, NHO Hokkaido Medical Center, Sapporo, Japan, ¹²epartment of Rheumatology, NHO Morioka Medical Center, Morioka, Japan, ¹³Department of Rheumatology, NHO Shimoshizu Hospital, SIkaido, Chiba, Japan, ¹⁴Department of Rheumatology, NHO Yokohama Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, ¹⁵Department of Rheumatology, NHO Disaster Medical Center, Tachikawa, Japan, ¹⁶Department of Rheumatology, NHO Awara Hospital, Awara, Fukui, Japan, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, NHO Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Toyonaka, Japan, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, NHO Himeji Medical Center, Himeji, Japan, ¹⁹Department of Rheumatology, NHO Fukuoka Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan, ²⁰Department of Rheumatology, NHO Beppu Medical Center, Beppu, Oita, Japan, ²¹Department of Rheumatology, NHO Kumamoto Saishun Medical Center, Goshi, Japan, ²²Department of Hematology, NHO Kumamoto Minami Hospital, Ushiro, Japan, ²³Department of Rheumatology, NHO Miyakonojo Medical Center, Miyakonojo, Japan, ²⁴Department of Rheumatology, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan, ²⁵Department of Rheumatology, Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan, ²⁶Department of Systemic immunological diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ²⁷Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ²⁸Department of Rheumatology, Niigata Rheumatic Center, Shibata, Japan, ²⁹Department of Rheumatology, Fuchu Hospital, Izumi, Japan, ³⁰Department of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine (Clinical Immunology), Nippon Life Hospital, Osaka, Osaka, Japan, ³¹Department of Orthopedics, JCHO Hoshigaoka Medical Center, Hirakata, Japan, ³²Department of Pathology, Kishiwada City Hospital, Kishiwada, Japan, ³³Department of Rheumatology, Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa Hospital, Kakogawa, Japan, ³⁴Department of Hematology, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, Matsuyama, Japan, ³⁵Department of Hematology, Sumitomo Hospital, Osaka, Osaka, Japan, ³⁶Department of Pathology, NHO Sagamihara Hospital, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, ³⁷Department of Diagnostic Pathology, NHO Kure Medical Center /Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Hiroshima, Japan, ³⁸Department of Pathology, NHO Shikoku Cancer Center, Matsuyama, Japan, ³⁹Department of Pathology, NHO Nagasaki Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan, ⁴⁰Department of Pathology, NHO Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan, ⁴¹Department of Pathology, NHO Ibarakihigashi Hospital, Nakagun, Japan, ⁴²Department of Pathology, NHO Ureshino Medical Center, Ureshino, Japan, ⁴³Department of Pathology, NHO, Kagoshima Medical Center, Kagoshima, Japan, ⁴⁴First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu Fukuoka, Japan, ⁴⁵Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan, ⁴⁶Department of Pathology, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan, ⁴⁷Department of Rheumatology, NHO Tokyo National Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴⁸National Hospital Organization Tokyo National Hospital, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: The effect of antirheumatic drugs on the development of lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients remains unclear. The current study aimed to…
Abstract Number: 2188 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Effect of Group-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in People with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Kristine Latocha¹, Katrine Loeppenthin², Mikkel Østergaard³, poul jennum⁴, Merete L Hetland⁵, Henrik Rogind⁶, Tine Lundbak⁶, Julie Midtgaard⁷, Robin Christensen⁸ and Bente Esbensen⁵, ¹Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Department of Oncology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁴Danish Center for Sleep Medicine, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Glostrup,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, ⁵Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁶Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital -Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁷Mental Health Centre Glostrup, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁸Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Insomnia is highly prevalent in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and may exacerbate symptoms and burdens, such as fatigue, depressive symptoms, and pain (1).…
Abstract Number: 2252 • ACR Convergence 2022
Higher Matrix Metalloproteinase Levels Are Predictive of Incident Interstitial Lung Disease Among a Cohort of US Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Brent Luedders¹, Dana Ascherman², Joshua Baker³, Michael Duryee¹, Yangyuna Yang¹, Punyasha Roul⁴, Katherine Wysham⁵, Paul Monach⁶, Andreas Reimold⁷, Gail Kerr⁸, Gary Kunkel⁹, Grant Cannon¹⁰, Jill Poole¹, Geoffrey Thiele¹, Ted Mikuls¹¹ and Bryant England¹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁵VA Puget Sound/University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁶VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, ⁷University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁸Washington DC VAMC/Georgetown and Howard Universities, Washington, DC, ⁹University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁰Retired, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) degrade extracellular matrix and have been implicated to play a role in a number of fibrotic processes. Specifically, MMPs have been…
Abstract Number: 0014 • ACR Convergence 2021
Low Baseline Expression of Pyruvate Kinase and Succinate Dehydrogenase Genes in the Peripheral Blood of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Tofacitinib Is Associated with Clinical Remission at the End of Follow-up
Elena Tchetina¹, Azamat Satybaldyev², Galina Markova¹ and Alexander Lila², ¹Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia, ²V.A. Nasonova Reseach Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease of unknown etiology, which is characterized by erosive arthritis and systemic inflammation. Tofacitinib (TFCN) is a Janus…
Abstract Number: 0032 • ACR Convergence 2021
IL-40: A New B-cell Associated Cytokine Up-regulated in Rheumatoid Arthritis Decreases Following the Rituximab Therapy and Correlates with Disease Activity, Autoantibodies and NETosis
Adela Navratilova¹, Lucie Andrés Cerezo¹, Hana Hulejová², Viktor Bečvář², Michal Tomcik³, Dana Tegzova², Martina Olejárová¹, David Veigl⁴, Karel Pavelka³, Jiri Vencovsky² and Ladislav Senolt³, ¹Institute of Rheumatology and Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴First Orthopaedic Clinic, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Interleukin 40 (IL-40) is recently identified B cell - associated cytokine implicated in humoral immune responses and in B cell development and homeostasis. As…
Abstract Number: 0096 • ACR Convergence 2021
The True Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in an Italian Cohort of Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis: A Seroepidemiological Study
Gabriella Maioli¹, Ennio Giulio Favalli², Elisa Pesce³, Martina Biggioggero², Mauro Bombaci³, Elena Agape², Martina Martinovic³, Tanya Fabbris³, Elena Zagato³, Andrea Favalli³, Andrea Gobbini³, Sergio Abrignani³, Renata Grifantini³ and Roberto Caporali⁴, ¹Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Research Center for Adult and Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, ²ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute, Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, ³Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare, Padiglione Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi, Milan, Italy, ⁴Policlinico S. Matteo University, Pavia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Observational data have shown that rheumatic patients seem not to be more susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection neither to worse outcomes. However, the true prevalence…
Abstract Number: 0170 • ACR Convergence 2021
Direct and Conditional Effects of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Volume on Coronary Plaque Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis
George Karpouzas¹, sarah ormseth², Elizabeth Hernandez² and Matthew Budoff³, ¹Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ²The Lundquist Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, ³Division of Cardiology, and the Lundquist Institute ay Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Background/Purpose: Epicardial adipose tissue volume (EATv) predicts coronary atherosclerosis presence, progression and cardiovascular events in general patients. We recently reported that EATv associated with greater…
Abstract Number: 0271 • ACR Convergence 2021
Higher Prevalence of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in the First Five Years of Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis
Natalia Guajardo-Jauregui, Dionicio Galarza-Delgado, Iris Colunga-Pedraza, Jose Azpiri-Lopez, Alejandra Rodriguez-Romero, Julieta Loya-Acosta, Alejandro Meza-Garza, Jesus Cardenas-de La Garza, Salvador Lugo-Perez and Jessica Castillo-Treviño, Hospital Universitario "Dr Jose E. Gonzalez", Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a higher risk of developing a cardiovascular (CV) event than the general population, due to an accelerated process…
Abstract Number: 0288 • ACR Convergence 2021
Demographic, Lifestyle, and Clinical Risk Factors for Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Bronchiectasis: Role of RA-related Autoantibodies
Gregory McDermott¹, Ritu Gill², Staci Gagne³, Suzanne Byrne³, Weixing Huang³, Lauren Prisco⁴, Alessandra Zaccardelli³, Lily Martin³, Nancy Shadick⁵, Paul Dellaripa³, Tracy Doyle⁶ and Jeffrey Sparks³, ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Pound Ridge, MA, ⁵Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, West Roxbury, MA
Background/Purpose: Bronchiectasis is a known extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) characterized by bronchial damage and excessive mucus production that predispose patients to risk of…
Abstract Number: 0462 • ACR Convergence 2021
Remotely Delivered Cognitive Behavioural and Personalised Exercise Interventions Reduce Fatigue Severity and Impact in Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: Results from a Multi-centre Randomised Controlled Parallel Group Trial
Eva-Maria Bachmair¹, Kathryn Martin Remmes¹, Lorna Aucott¹, Emma Dures², Richard Emsley³, Stuart Gray⁴, Elizabeth Kidd⁵, Vinod Kumar⁶, Karina Lovell⁷, Graeme MacLennan¹, Paul McNamee¹, John Norrie⁸, Lorna Paul⁹, Jon Packham¹⁰, Stuart Ralston¹¹, Stefan Siebert⁴, Alison Wearden⁷, Gary Macfarlane¹² and Neil Basu⁴, ¹University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ²University of West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom, ³King's College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, ⁵Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, United Kingdom, ⁶NHS Tayside, Dundee, United Kingdom, ⁷University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁸Usher Institute – University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, ⁹Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ¹⁰Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, ¹¹University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, ¹²Epidemiology Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory rheumatic disease (IRD) related fatigue is pervasive and disabling, even in otherwise stable disease. Although cognitive-behavioural approaches (CBAs) and personalised exercise programmes (PEP)…
Abstract Number: 0568 • ACR Convergence 2021
Construction of the Veterans Affairs National Rheumatoid Arthritis Database (VANRAD)
Amy Joseph¹, Jodi Yanagida¹, Xinliang Huang¹, Prabha Ranganathan¹, Melissa Laurie², Hong Xian¹ and Seth Eisen¹, ¹VA St. Louis Health Care System, St. Louis, MO, ²Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
Background/Purpose: The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) provides comprehensive medical care at minimal or no cost to 9 million veterans annually through 170 medical centers…
Abstract Number: 0590 • ACR Convergence 2021
Association of Lipid Mediator Profiles and Development of Future Incident Inflammatory Arthritis in a High Risk, Anti-citrullinated Protein Antibody Positive Population
Lauren Vanderlinden¹, Elizabeth Bemis², Kristen Polinski³, Kristen Demoruelle⁴, Marie Feser⁵, Jennifer Seifert⁶, Ted Mikuls⁷, Michael Weisman⁸, Jane Buckner⁹, Kevin Deane¹⁰, Michael Clare-Salzler¹¹, V. Michael Holers¹² and Jill Norris¹³, ¹Colorado School of Public Health, Monument, CO, ²Colorado School of Public Health Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ³CSPH, Gaithersburg, CO, ⁴University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁵University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, ⁶University of Colorado School of Medicine, Littleton, CO, ⁷University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Stanford University; Distinguished Professor of Medicine Emeritus, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, ¹⁰University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, ¹¹Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, ¹²University of Colorado, Denver, CO, ¹³Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: Lipid mediators are endogenously derived from the metabolism of omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and have important roles in promoting and resolving…

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